What Is A Gravatar And How Do You Use It?
Do you use WordPress or have multiple WordPress sites, but still haven’t created a Gravatar account, yet? In this post, we explain what Gravatar is, why it’s important and how to set one up. Let’s get started: Table of contents What is a Gravatar? How to manage your Gravatar Final thoughts What is a Gravatar? Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. It’s a free Gravatar service that allows you to link a profile picture to multiple email addresses so you can import that picture automatically into any account that connects to Gravatar. The idea is that you won’t have to keep manually uploading your profile image when you register for an account. The best example of services that use Gravatar is WordPress. If your email address has a Gravatar account attached to it, it’ll automatically display that profile image within WordPress and below your articles (if you choose to display author bios). If you have external contributors on your site this becomes even more ...